John Aito Pihlainen (1926-1964)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Brown, Roger J.E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1964
• Subjects: Energy budgets; Heat transmission; Movement; Ocean currents; Sea ice; Temporal variations; Winds; East Greenland Current; Arctic Ocean; Arctic; Mackenzie River; Canada; Greenland; Mackenzie Delta; Inuvik; Mackenzie Valley; Aklavik; Norman Wells; East Greenland; east greenland current; Ice; Mackenzie river; permafrost; The Arctic Institute
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66547

John Aito Pihlainen, civil engineer and a Fellow of the Arctic Institute since 1960, died suddenly in Ottawa in January of this year. He was born in Finland and emigrated to Canada with his parents in 1928. In 1950 he obtained his B.Eng. degree at McGill University and his M.Sc. at Purdue University...